Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-01-22
DasultoY "reminiscences Of the oIden
= lime.

the Clarksville BAR" IL was the case
of Fredonia Williams VS.. J. ]. Will
liams, for divorce, which will serve to
SHOW in happy manner the true in
Agdness OF two of our citizens who
were prominent in years gone by: n.
II. Allen, who was at the time one of
the best criminal lawyers in the State,
was for the plaintiff, and G. A. Henry,
for tie defendants
|nt 9She alleged that she was sent to
III Aool to Williams when she was very
- ing, and that by one device and
Smother he gained her affection and
married her before she was sixteen
ears old, against the will oil her parents,
! I'D after a year or two treated her
IAwit4such cruelty thai she was forced
10 fIs from his house and take shelter
under the parental roof. The case
elicited deep feeling between the par
les, and the neighbors of her father
ook sides warmly for her. The case
was called, the papers read and testi-
nony heard one evening and the court
adjourned to meet next morning when
.he argument would be heard in the
'Sbse. Allen rode home that evening
: naeIbe old man Britt (the father of the
plarhtifD rode home with him. On the
way Allen said Britt, ask me If
Judge Martin had a daughter" The
question was put and answered in the
firmative. "Now ask me if he loves
lis laughter" 1t was done, and Allen
= answered: "Yes. yes, Britt, he loves
ler as well as you do your own poor
Unfortunate daughter Before they
pad gotten through this little CONVERSE
T. on Britt wept tear or so, drew red
soGet handkerchief from his pocket
l5J his nose, which resounded like n
fumpet. and wiped his eyes dry of the
iears he bad shed. Allen was happy;
e had laid the ground work now IN
Nth for the grand display he would
lakH the following morning. He
alpI into court and after he warmed
in the discussion Of the real or
Imaginary wrongs of his client, and
aw he had the sympathy and close at.
ention OF the court, he said :'"May il
case your honor, as rode home last
lght Britt, the unfortunate father oil
lis broken-hearted woman, asked me
your honor had daughter. | said
es, Britt he has, And does he love
is daughter?' Yes, yes, Britt; he
pves her with all the tenderness a wo.
IAN feels for her first born child: yes
d man he loves her as tenderly a.
on love your downtrodden, insulted
ut lovely daughter-loveler in her
ars than even in her smiles And
10 tears OF the father, may it please
our benor, gushed down his rude and
Pggef face as the water flowed from
l6 rock on Horeb's mountain when
truck by the rod OF Moses" "Boo
DO, hoo" cried Martin, and the tears
ere rushing down his face, which Al
e time was as rugged as Britt's Oh
o rock on Horeb's mountain either
iley B. Johnson, who was standin.
:, Nose heart was as tender as girls
<~9fO was deeply moved, cried out
~ :, Martin is crying, and b'
10. "a if you haven't slost your case ?
+ nd 80 indeed | had. The Judgt
led. "Sheriff, keep silence in tn,
urtr and Allen proceeded in tn,
ne 81 a man who was conscious h,
d gained his cause"
The Hon, NJ. A. Martin, alluded t
the case quoted above, was the fathe
Mrs. Joshua Elder, OF this city. Ill
s considered one OF the best crimina
dyes in the STATE, was rs brave as
n but ms tender-hearted as a woman
efecollect hearing him pass senteae
ION negro man named Jesse Trig,
10 was tried and convicted for rap
re many years ago. The doome
an was brought in, and the judy
g,uA his sentence in strong clea
be- but when he came to the conclud
words, "dedd, dead, dead, !" he brok
wn and could only repeat dead bu
e time in an audible voice.
0an Roberts, ST., who came fror
dford county, Va, about fitty-tw
hrs ago, was the originator of on
,teg OF Tobacco Inspection. He Wa
excellent farmer, knew how to har
. the Tweed" and lived to see HI
scheme in successful operation
Is son, John Roberts, was elected on
the Inspectors after his fathers tim
filing the same position-and man
o may perchance read these line
| recollect him as one OF the best il
ctors as well as one OF the most il
igent, honorable citizens of tn
lnty. He removed to Obion count
pr Union City, and soon after WI
cted an inspector of Tobacco for I'll
OF Nashville. Both father and SC
d leaving the legacy OF good nam
When we were cub printer abov
een years OF age, that once gran
oraAor, Major G. A. Henry, who
Fer-tongued eloquence has entrances
usands throughout he"Sunny Soutl
owed SO we'll came into the CHRoNIcT
ce to read the proot-sheet OF speet
haS< delivered short time befor
and my employer were warm, pc
nj friends. and the Major express,